überfängt / überfangender Bereich
English translation: overlaps/overlapped
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| 16:08 Mar 9, 2009 |
| German to English translations [PRO] Tech/Engineering - Electronics / Elect Eng / Patent | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Richard Stephen United States Local time: 08:20 | ||||||
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| 3 +2 | overlaps/overlapped |
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18 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +2
peer agreement (net): +2overlaps/overlapped Explanation: The common meaning appears to be 'overlay' in the glass industry, but that doesn't fit here. 'Overlap' would seem to fit your context. Maybe its a 'Switzerdeutsch' expression. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2009-03-09 18:00:27 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Within Germany the language is also 'bent' frequently, sometimes in connection with dialects |
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| Reference: Überfangen Reference information: http://www.dict.cc/german-english/blau überfangen [fachspr b... mit einem Überfang versehen: die Vase ist blau überfangen. ... http://www.duden.de/definition/überfangen -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2009-03-09 19:20:04 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- flashing Sheet metal used to reinforce and weatherproof the joints and angles of a roof. http://www.answers.com/topic/flashing |
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